The Sun. — London, England, 1808-04-26 00:00:00

p standing to w ards tiie th;c weather;. and in a gale. et wind. AeCounts have alio beeli received `that t hey'• reached the :Adria abont the latter end of that ,tuonth. 'On the gth of March Lord CQLI,IItiGWOOD i with his oivti Squadron and those of Admind TitOßft i llotion and Sir RICHARD STRACHAN, was off Maretimo, a. small Island :to . the •west of Sicily, and we understand that his Lordship had ascertained the rendezvous of the Enemy's Squadrons. Should this itivally be the case, we will venture to predia that the Roche fort and Toulon Squadrons will never leave the Ad riatiC, it being nearly impossible for them to escape from this Cul de sac without a conflid with the British Fleet. • THE Viaory, Admiral Sir JANItS SAUNIAREZ, sailed from Sheerness yesterday about noon : she, however, brought up again to miles below the Nore, and was not expe6led to sail atin till this Morning. We have given, in a subsequent part of our Pa per, the further particulars which have transpired respe&ing the exfraordinary events which have oc curred in Spain, if, indeed, they can be deemed extraordinary, considering the previous situation 'of that unfortanate.conntry. At present it is impossi ble to deridesnotWithstanding external appearances, what concern the French have really had in these transa6tioas ; but it is eery probable that they will soon find, or niake, occasion to interpose their good (Oaks for the security of the county, and happiness of the people. THE Stocks yesterday experienced a rise of about one per Cent. at the close of the Market, in conse quence of a xeport which was very confidently cir culated, that General ARNSTRONO, the American Minister, had quitted Paris in consequence of the failure of a Negotiation which he had. been for some time carrying on with the French Govern mot; and it was added, that he had arrived at Plymouth in the . ()sage, accompanied by, the Mes senger, Mi. Novas. The latter part of this report 'we know not to be true, - and we confess we entettain considerable doubt as to the former part. Another rumour, which contributed its share to the rise in the Funds, and whiCh was probably fabricated for that purpose, was, that GeLLAR?4STRONa had made an offer on the pait of America, to mediate a Peace between England and France, which BUONAPARTE had ac cepted and that Mr. PINCKNEY had been appoint.: cd, in conjunEtion with Mr. ARMSTRONG, to make a similar proimsition to the British Government. A ictter from Greenock, received thi3 morning, states, that a .Vessel has just arrived at that place from New-York, the Captain of which says, that a French Squadron had been seep off the American Coast. We do not give any credit to this report. Our Readers will find in our pre*eeding Columns:, a very interesting and important Letter frpm Mr. 'PICKERING tQ MT. , SULLIVAN OG the present state of * America. • NYE have receivud Jinnaica, Papers to the sth ult. but they do not contain 'any news uf inydrtence. Yesterday her Royal Highness tale Princess MARY; completed her 323 year the same was observed at Windsor by the assembling of _most of the branches of the ROYAL FAMILY. The Mike.* ut: YoR lc/ KENT, and CAUBR Incia, arrived early in the morning to eon gratulaze her Royal Highness upon the happy return of the day. In the evening.the'Re* A CF.turty had a Ball, in which Cley were joined by a selet:t party orparticular friemb. Her Royal Flighneu's tradesmen illuminated their housei upon ' the occasion. His MAJESTY is expected in town to-morrow, to - hold a private ‘Levee and Privy Council, at the 4autENlB Palace. 'At the date of the latest accounts from our &lilt drou otf Lisbon, it was hourly expected that the Atuasian Fleet would attempt to put to sea, in con sequence of the great scarcity cfprovisions. . Geoeral FRAZRIt goes Second itt Command tinder Sir JOHN MOORS; to the Baltic. These Command ers have not, yet lett town, and therefore the report was prewature of the Fleet having sailed. There is no alteration in ''the Oleo of Bread this week. TT JaAST,I 'T ,NDUk erousa.—A. General Court VIM held yesterday, summoned on Especial Affairs, which was very numerously attepdecl. After the usual' forma t, ' The 'Chairman (Mr. EDWARD PARRY) stated to the Court; that a, deficit of :440p,000i. cY.isting in' the present Accounts of the Cotnpany, it was deem ed expedient. to.prepare a Petition to Parliament for relief, and to submit the same for the consideration and approbation of the Proprietors. The Commit tee of the House of Commons, he had the pleasure to say, Were disposed to recommend it to the House to make an immediate payment op account of 'the. debt due fro' Government to the Company of 1,260,0001.. He then stated the crimes of the pre sent deficit. After which be took- a view of the t37g,ible property of the. Company; 'which . he sheived would be, on the arrival of. certain goods from in-' dia, 1 9,420 ) (5231. The: Petition having been read, it was moved that it he presented to the House o 6 Cotnmous by Mr. Grant. - After a.few observations from Mr. Prinsep, Mr. R. Jackson, Colonel Scott, Mr. Dixon,• Mr.' Lowndes, Mr. Grant, Captains Kinmore'hnd Smith, Mr. Kemble, Mr. Lnshington, and M. M. Rock, the question was put; and carried unanimously in the atlititative. ~;.. NAvAL tsTEWs. i / OIiT3UOIrr7G.APTITL 25.—Arrirqd this day the Arnie! 'F liga(e, Steady and De 7 fejuier Gun-brigs, with a Convoy of about 25 Sail from the Downs. 13aimard dUAY, APIUL from Tothay His Majesty's Ships lvemesis and Flying-Fish With the Fleet under convoy from Newfoundland. SHEERIZESS i Aran. 22.—This day Sir JAmss SAUMAREZ, Vice AdMiral of the Blue, hoisted his Flag on hoard the Vi6?ory, 100 guns, Captains Ho and DUNARESQU, and resumes the command of the Squadron destined for the galtic. • Apttlr. 23.--Sailed the Eurya/us, of 36 guns, the Honourable Captain DuNDAs, for the Downs. APRIL g4.— . -Arrived the dirangkr and Urgent Gun-brigs, Lieutenants PETTRT and Rioity, frum the North Sea. " Sailed the Ranger Sloop, of 18 guns, Captain Aotu,Atkl, for the Downs. The Tribune, of 3G guns, Captain REYNOLDS, is CollCalllg a convoy at thii place for Gottenburgh, which is expe&ed to sail in a cLiy, or two: • The Viaory unnioored - last. night, and was to sail this morning, but the wind shifted to the east ; she is expeolod to sail to-morrow. APRIL 2b.—Sailed this day at one o'clock His Majesty's. Ship Vit9.ory, ,Admiral SALINIAREZ, but brought up again about io miles below the Nore. Sailed the Rose Sloop. f Arritred His MajestY's Gun-brigs Aggressor and Hearty from Deal. • . The Fib lo77 is expeaed to sail to-morrow mim ing. DEAL, APRIj. 2.s.—Arrived th 6" Skylark Sloop from a cruize, and brought in with her the Rose, of Dartmouth, a Sloop i.vhich . slre has recaptured. Arrived the Piercer, Thrasher, and Blazer Gan brigs, from a cruize. • Sailed the Defender Gun-brig, with Convoy fur Portsmouth ; the, Turbulent and intelligent, on a cruize. s, YARMOUTH, Aram 25 .—Sailed in quest of Pri vateers the Havock, Bruizer, Vixen, and Scalar*. Arriwd the Royalist and PiAcker Sloops; ind re main with the Roebuck, Majestic, Amiable, Vestal, Rosamond, Archer and Zenobia. LlAlilled PAPERS. KINGSTON, MAKCiI me sorry to state that the Ship Alfred the Great, Capt, CMUSTIE, one of the last London Fleet tar thii Island, hav ing separated from the convoy in the severe gale of the 28t1r December, was unfortunately captured on the 9th January folloNi'ing, 'off Cape Finisterre, by a French PriVateer,. carrying 18 guns and 110 men, belonging to Beurdeaux ; and her Commander or dered the prize to be carded into the first port of France they Could Make, as from a hope of falling in with some More of the Fleet he was prevented from:convoying her. Mrs. JOkiNSONI, a passenger in the Alfred 14e Great, was continued on board of her ; but Captain' emirsalE and, most of his crew were taken on board the Privateer, where he was kept fifteen days ) and then put on board of an American Vessel they fell in with, bound to Turk's Island, from whence he arrived at Port-Royal in the Sandwich. The Pri-. vateer's men 'stated, that eight Privateers, carrying from 18 to 28 guns, were cruizing in the same quar ter. The Decouverte Schooner, of 12 guns,.Lieutenant . CAMiIiEr:L, arrived from a cruize, 'and brOught in: with her the French PriVatecr-schooner DOradar, of, . three guns and 67 men,,lier • prize. Early in the morning of the 9th instant, on the south side of St. D6mingo, the Decouverie descried two Privateer schooners, with a Ship in company ; immediately on the •Doouverte's approaching within gun-shot a sharp engagement cotnnwnced, which lasted a short time, when the Ship run ashore, And the Doiudor, having her Lieutenant and three men killed and four wounded, struck her colours. On taking possession of her, Lieut. CAMFBr.Li. was informed that the 'above Ship was the Matilda, laden with merchandise, from .Halifax bound to St.. botningo, taken by the Doiadni 'a few days before. livery exertion of Lieut. CAstraat.r.,'his Officers and crew,. to get the Ship off, proving ineffeetual, she, 'was set fire to. The other Privateer unfortUnately . etietaed her escape. The Decouverfr had one matt' -severely' and thieo slightly, mounded. The 313 bi Brig, et ft guns, Capt. COMILAN, at; rived at Nassau, N. P. with the French Privateer ; .Schoonerlfarlegkin, of two guns and .54 men, be-: longing to Barracoa, and a Swedish Schooner, which she bad detained. The Privateer had, shortly after , leaving port, captured a Swedish Shipp - from St. Do mingo to Philadelphia, with Coffee; ana a British, Schooner, - from Halifaxto this hhrsid, with and sent tbetit to Cuba. fti.k OFTFIIS EVENT MitiCH ti - j.=--Eventa haVe taken plate Within these last few days, that have shaken the Throne One party licenses the Patsce. of PEACE of heingin cunCert with the QUEEN to destroy the Prince Of ASTURIAS ; the other, that the Aim: of AsTurttss Was'at the 'head Of it party td dethroee his father. ,They say that he recetved this originally from his wife. Solemn councils and long p,roceediugs, followed by nets of baeiShrhent, and preclaniations, instead of relieving the public mind, infleMed it the more. The French troops, though. on 'the borders of the Ebre, and at a distahce- of more than forty leagues from Our capital, were in e situation of state quo, which the great number of .couriers that succeeded each otherot. every instant, and the important negociations which seemed to be on foot, did not serve to explain. Our troops had been recalled from Portugal, and advanced by forced marches to the capital. The Court appeared divid ed, and without plan : that which, was ordered one day, was contradiaed the next. There was neither arrangement nor unity of power. In this state of things,onttre Lsth,of March, the' report Was, that the KING ) who sgs at Aranjuez, was:ehtiut to retire to. Seville; that Wt teat Council, which had beer) held at the Palace, had so decided it, but that opi nions on this subje& were not agreed ; that the. Qu andthe PRINCE of PzAca wished to go, but that the Prince of AsTuittiss, and his brother, wish ed to stay. We were soon informed, that the troops which were cantoned in 'Madrid had or ders to quit the city. Alarm was in every breast, when-a Proclamation from the Km; • was • pub lished on the r (eh, which in some degree re stored calm. On the I . 7th understood, that the Spanish Guards were to march to Aran- Juez, and - that the two Regiments of Swiss were alone to remain here. These Regiments have not for some time been poplar in this city. The whole. of the populace, on .this news, litirried to the road leading to-Aranjuez. • " Spaniards," every one cried 'to the Soldiers, " will you abandon your , country ?. Will you protea the flight of a Prince who sacrifices, his subjects; and who goes to carry disorder to our Colouiei ? Have we as little spirit as the Inhabitants of Lisbon?" Several of the Ministers who were not. favourable tothe departure, circulated hand bills in thesurrounding villages, stating what . Was going on, and the imminent danger in which the country was placed. On the 18th the peasants hurried In crowds, IQ Aranjuez; relays were already' statiolted 'oti the road to Seville ; the town was filled with troopoi.and the baggage,of the Court was packed up in all the, apartments. The night between the 17th and tsth was a night of tumult. Tire house of the Niece of PEACE swab defended by his Guards,' ell° had a par ticular watch word ; those at the Castle had another. At four in the tnernine the people reJled in crowds to the Palac e of the &ice of FRAGE, but were re pulsed ,by his Guards. :The Life.Unards took part with-the people, and fell upon the Prince's Guards. The gates were forced, the furniture broken, and the apartments desolated. The Princess of Peace ran to tee staircese; she was condueled to the King's Palace, with all the respe& due to her birth and rank. The hike of PEACE disappeared. Don DIEGO GODOY, his brother Commreahtlarit of the Life Gords, was arresteriby his ow nsoldiers. The King and Queen sat up the whole night be tween the 17th and 18th. The French Ambassador ac rived from Madrid, at five in the morning; and im mediately waited on their Majesties. On the 18th, .a Proclamation by the King dismissed the Prince of Peace from his employments, and declared that he would take upon himself the command of his armies. This was published at Aranjuez, and at Madrid.-- On the receipt of this intelligence, the people of Midrid rushed in crowds to the house of the Prince of PaAce, and to those of several of the Ministers. In all of them the furniture and the windows Were broken. There was no one to oppose this disorder, the Captain General had lost the cOmmand.— The Swiss regiments remained cantoned - in their quarters. • . . _ _ AEANJUEX:,'.A.t4ECIT 21.--From. - the lOth to the 21&t, hladrid and Aranjuez luive been the theatre of sayeral insurrettions, in which the houses of the Prince of PEACE, the Minister of Finande SOLER, the Director . of Consolidation, ESPICOSM, of othen Ministers, and of several relations of the Prince of PEa.ca, have been pillaged, and the furniture burnt in the public streets. The Prinef of PEACE has been arrested in a garret in his own bodge,. where he had concealed himself for 3ti hours. Oti the i6th, the King issued a Proclamation, as suring his people that the army of his dear Ally'en tereehis kingdom upon the principles of friendship and peace, and to prole& such parts of it as were threatened by the English. [This - Procustnatlan was fully and correlily riven in :hut SUN of the 1 th' instaia.) On the 17th, the King made'knOwn, by another Proclamation, that he had dismissed the Prince of NAGE, from his employments, and b;td taken upon the 'command of his army.—[This Pro clamalian also appeared in THE SUN of the lwth initant.) The tumult, however, still increasing, the King thought fit, on the 19th in the evening, to publish the following Proclamation : ROYAL DECREE. I '. My habitual infirmities not permitting me to support any longer the importaqt burdens of the Go vernment of my Kingdom, and it being requisite for the re-establishtnent of my health, that I should en joy ill a. more temperate climate a private We ; .1 have determined, after mature deliberation, to abdi cate my Crown, in favour of my heir, my dearly loved son the Prince of ASTURIAS. IVly Royal will, therefore is, that he should be recognized and obeyed, ,as King and natural Lord of all my Kingdenis add Soverelgnties ; and io purer that this. Royal De .crec or my lieu and spontaneous abdication may bey exaaly and duly fulfilled, you will communi cate it to the Council, and to• all others whom it ,may concern. . LTIIE KING." "DON I'SDHG CEVALLOS." "Done at Aranitiez, ahe 19th MarCh,tiOB." On the Xotlt, the following official publications took piaw EDICT. DON ARIAS ANTONIO 1104 ET VRLARDR DEAN, p VERNoIt PAR INTERIM OF THE COUNCIL. " The Kin our DilaJter.,7,EaDlNAto) Vila), has ccitiimnniscaied to tnedivers orckril, wilich I kim' re ceived . ; that hig Majeiity :has Come to the detertnina: tion of irwobiiiittelY contiisacting kill s I 11:: effeelS., and entate4 of Don Goren ever they tally be:lwnd, and that for tit hli Nbjesty has taken every -„snitithie r - rteaclure, Said ofeEti.bolongin:,r irritildiately to ltiiii ; thL.t Ito has als6 colutt to the determination of shortly et.inf ing to 'this city to be proeHrned ; but he Wi,.,eS; that previously . ' the people of 'Madrid, so devotel and attached to hits Royal / Person; will g i v e hi u i poo . fs of calmness and tratypillity; assuring them; that he . has`gi.'..n orders against fin EM N WA; GODOY, his gootil arid reverin6, which no 14 . .)1ge'r belong to * lihn; that he will think very' stvionsly of repairing the wrongs done. to hii3 !dying subjec.l4 who suffered in his cause ; and lastly, thi.:t. he constantly keep it] view the atloption of al.! those.tueasureS which - -are calculated to ensure their. happines4. " His Majesty aEo inform S me that ha hag Appoint: ed tbt Due D'lNFAivrknO, 'Colonel of his Spanish. Guardsonterring on. him at the Omit/ brut t 1,:; Presidency of Ciistile. The King, that thoe persons, who have been Confined in oa t .. st,(iuence of the events at St. Laurent, will Avian I‘.l his Majesty's presence. In order that this iriay 1 L known to. ailound that the loyal people of Madri4 may know 11(74. the King, - My Ma'tit'er, hours kw their luapOinei..s and their welf.4te; ordered me to . communicate it to yop,' - vk hieh I et.; by these presents. Dow AalA4 M 013." Madrid,..the feoll 1144,7 . ch, 1 80e," E 'Co ,I'll 1'...E OP LE (IF MA I) RI ?Y. " Nothing ought to . distorts the puhlietrangoitlity In , the 41appy elevation iolhe;•".l . llroiitt of;Skrain of the. King•Fcaotz;:mirb VIIt h. His 1111 Aubjd,ts .tare giveii in • that Majesty proofs at' their di:votion aad, tiffiA'tit.;!:. 'l:hey ought not to doubt ...theriticajoo .‘vliteh•fi;i Majesty has for, them, and that lie- will.. e it iol o y hitmelt.itt sias for the. publiv happiness and 'accomplishment of the 6lebireB pep pi •. • • " But what is, most importata,fo success of the..elei , ated 'dews of his —Majesty is weer, and that this should be ensured; a t e Council PratteN itself thtit..all 'the inhabit:ants • of . this .taithiul .tl;y will retire.to their homes, and that !hey will rermnd in the most perfeEt tranquillity, persuaded I that'ttley will thus giye to his Majesty, in the firsr . niOnit 4 n,a of his reign, the. best testimony of ,the sincerity of their sentiments; and of thOse accinmatio:is a ti;;;:- lity which have been recently heard: . true copy:),:-certitied by BARTltottititelY •MuNOZ DE . TORRES, Secretary co his Maes ty's COuncil, AV.72402 Dlt TORRES:I The bead-quarters of the (;rand Doke of littrit• .:were on the ioth at Somosiet`ra, on the 20tivit-Brui itajo, . and on the 2181 at AlderAndo. . Ue has with him ,the division. of Marshal Ii MONEY .and'of .c.;eN'rnt DUPONT. His arrival appeal; to b greatly desired. The mass of the people of Madrid are calm and tran quil and, as it• happens in similar eases,, d'xiorder4 have only been committed by a itnall mittf'Ser 61 in dividuals. GOTTENnURGH 3T,11L. GOTTRWRITIIG IT, APRIL I s -~-vr,r last adt;lcdsfr.iTn Fielsingburgb mcntion, that as late as the t d:11 no French troops were in ,Z P :M.:ln-. ...ERNA DOTIVi and some other Officers; bad been. in Corcnhrzcil, but had left it, and proceeded to .. ; Danes have permitted the Lady of Mr. Fr:w.vicr.. late British Consul at Elsinenr, to quit that p!ace crime over to Fier husband, , Alo is Zatrehingburgli..A. detachment of the Swedish_ army has inio;red Nor way from Worineland.' llephrts from . SthekliMd t , brought by , the post of to-day, _say that thellti"strii army in Finland has' halted for want of - provision , . —A Flag of Truce. arrived at Helsinglatirgh Elsincur last week, biiiting over 14 SwediSh-psi sopers to be exchanged for a like dumber of Danes. A greatlinantity Of EngNb 'goods has already arrive here.this year, hnt not box or hale can be sent to any part whatever... •,: • ' COPENHAGEN, MAnort 8.---Captains WM:6FL and GEENEU are. appointed Commanders of the East India Ships• which arc to be fitted out d; Frigates, and which will carry 3{3 carronades and cannon. BRUSSELS, IVlAlicit GANTiIIiAUNC has been appointed Co the command of the torn biped Toulon and Rocherort Flects,, and has in COT sequence alr6idy. set'obt for onion. Ro,n-Aduntul, LALLEMAND thibirginds - the Rochefort Squadron tint- ' der him. According to Liter accounts; Admiral GANTUZAW4n Toulon with the Com blued Fleets on the 121 ha February. MADR;D; FEB, 18.---LAn article in our, Gazette .states, that although there are eleVen Engli4h siii tea Of War lying in thelloads before CadiZ, a Fleet of '6O Transports, Under the escort of. sante „Armed Ships, bad lately siiiled for St. Lucar. The. SkLtn4ll Fleet at Cadiz bad received orders to jcn.the lirgnch Squadron lying there; and both had taken in glans for three months, and were rca?.;' to s;,il first notice. T'€~`e'Loclieria; DUNCAN from Gree nock to i 'merlCk, is ibtrat the Malt of Kintyre.. —Crew 1).- risAed. Our Harwich letters-mention, thatlthere are en. wards of 30 Transports arrived at that. Port for the reception of Troops, to be embarked oh the metii-- tated Expedition. We recommend to ,the . partionlar attention tf .those 'who are admiretis 01. F t -each the speeimen of Frenotr proteelion„, which has recent IJ• been given in Berlin. InsNo *. Aft Direaor of tik.! Theatre in Allot city, and JACQUI,„the Inspeaor of the Stage, have both been imprisoned two, days„ by order of General VECTOR, for presuming to eelebritte the birthday of 'their QUEEN in the territories of their Monne!). IFLAND is a, poet nod draruitic writer of very high estimation in Germany. The omission of notice to the F'eench military is the al lodged ground of offence. His Royal Highness the Duke D'AIRGOULUMR aucl . suite arrived at Yarmouth on . Saturday, to erobail: on bora the Eteryalus Frigate,' which eN.) , lecl roUnd,from Spithead.: Hisitoyal .Highness -‘B4 - ti pro ceed to Gottenhurgh to escort the reumiader of the French Royal Laud), to England,